license

license

an agency- or government-granted permission issued to a health care professional to engage in a given occupation on finding that the applicant has attained the degree of competency and met educational requirements necessary to ensure that the public health, safety, and welfare are reasonably well-protected.

license

Authorization by a governmental or other regulatory agency that allows a person, group of persons, or enterprise to carry out a particular activity; the certificate itself. See Revoked license, Unrestricted license.

license,

n certificate required to practice a professional healing approach.

li·cense

, licence (līsĕns)

Legal permission given to professional to practice in specific fields according to rules and regulations of a jurisdiction.

[L. licentia, fr. licet, it is permitted]

license,

n permission, accorded by a competent authority, granting the right to perform some act or acts that without such authorization would be contrary to law.